Learning on the fly? No, new assistant coaches are learning at warp speed

For Matt Lubick and Ron Aiken, this month won’t so much be about learning on the fly as it is learning at warp speed.

Oregon’s two newest assistant coaches have participated in three practices so far in April, and it’s been an eye-opening experience, to say the least.

“The speed of the game and the amount of plays we get in, it is unbelievable,” said Aiken, the Ducks’ new defensive line coach.

“It’s one thing to talk about it, hear about it,” said Lubick, the new receivers coach. “And it’s another thing to actually experience it.”

Lubick came to Oregon from Duke, which also wanted to push the tempo in practice. Lubick wondered how well that would prepare him for the Ducks’ notoriously uptempo workouts.

The answer: Not all that well.

“Simple things like running back from the play — I’m used to encouraging guys to run back full-speed from a play,” Lubick said. “These guys do it on their own. There’s a sense of urgency in everything they do.” Click here for the complete story.